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hogmomma

LocalGrown: Get real and wake up!!! The Unions have a hard time getting rid of "Welfare" workers. Any other place of employment would have gotten rid of the dead weight before 1 year!!! And I don't need the Union to back me because I do my job!!! AND IT FIGURES IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING INTELLEGENT TO SAY YOU HAVE TO STOOP TO NAME CALLING!!!!

BeepBeep

Steve "Close them all down! American Greed!" Odd, when it's CEOs making big bucks it is because they deserve it when it's a working stiff making a decent living it's because they are greedy. Please tell me how you envision the mail being moved without a postal service.

BeepBeep

Sand "the unions would be D-E-A-D in this country, as well they should be." this depends on whether you support the idea of a middle class or just want an upper class and serfs. History shows without unions there is no middle class.

BeepBeep

007 "for something you have total and complete control over" Once you mail the item you loose control. TRUE story. Bill arrived. Put check in mail. Next bill arrives showing no payment posted. Check, payment has still not arrived. Mail check for entire amount. 1st check arrives and is cashed over 30 days after it was mailed.

BeepBeep

"reality without unions you wouldnt have a middle class," As union membership declines so does wages for the middle class. "Republicans will contract everything out to their back door friends" AND guarantee them a 20% profit. See how that works for you.

BeepBeep

STEVE2500

This place needs to close and many other too! This country is Bankrupt and there is nothing wrong with going to one location for each city and waiting! This place has 13 Employees. The average salary for each is about 40 grand a year. This does not include the Post Master who I am sure is clearing well over 100 grand a year! That’s nearly 700,000 thousand in salary payments each year just for this small location. Close them all down! American Greed!

HEYTHERE40

HR2309 proposed by Representative Darrell Issa is being pushed as a remedy to the problem Congress created with passage of HR6407 Issa claims he is striving to save the USPS yet he is ignoring expenses that can be deleted without disrupting the service. #1. The Postal Accountable and Enhancement Act needs to be rescinded. In 2006 the PAEA signed by Bush, mandated that the USPS fund 75 years of retiree health benefits in 10. #2. Overpayments of 50 to 75 Billion the USPS made to the Civil Service RetirementService should be returned. #3. Overpayments the USPS made to FERS need to be retrieved. #4.The USPS needs to charge more for delivering UPS parcels to places UPS don’t. #5. Adjust the ratio of managers to workers. #6 Quit giving deep discounts to large businesses. Issa’s solution is to cut the workforce by at least 100,000, and make Postal Workers’ wages and benefits depend on a separate board when a contract isn’t agreed upon. Issa’s cure would cause the death of the USPS

Sandpiper

Loco Grown says, "But without a union you wont have anything left..." Bwahahahaha. LESS THAN 7% of the private workforce is unionized. The birthplace of the American labor movement, Michigan, is now a right-to-work state (i.e., no compulsory union membership)! If it weren't for the fat gov't public sector unions, the unions would be D-E-A-D in this country, as well they should be. Yeah, look for the union label. And keep on looking.

Anonymous007

Beep: "What happens when your credit card payment is late?" You obviously get a charged late fee, but that’s not their fault or is it? If you’re so concerned about transit times or late fees mail it out earlier, it’s your prerogative. Better yet pay online; most creditors, vendors, etc., provide online payment processing. It’s fast, efficient, and secure (for the most part) giving you the ability to maintain accurate records and pay in real time. Bottom line, poor money management isn't an excuse. You might as well say my dog ate my bill therefore it was late.

“Who pays then?” You do with late fees and adverse information reported on your credit profile. No offense, but stop blaming the postal service for something you have total and complete control over. It’s your choice!

LocalGrown

Unions fault? Are you a tater or what? Its just sad to read these comments about unions, in reality without unions you wouldnt have a middle class, sure a few kiss ups to management will always have an easy time. But without a union you wont have anything left, the Republicans will contract everything out to their back door friends. The middle class will die and all that will be left is a few min wage jobs like walmart. Worse is the posters who are too dumb to realize they are cutting their own throats by making up lies or repeating talking points from fox or AFP websites. Its all a bunch of bull designed to drive down wages and increase profits for large companies at our expense. When one day you lose your job if you have one, then you will wish you had a union to help. So pathetic your sickening, read a friggin book about union history and the middle class. Open your little mind and stop believing everything fox news puts out as facts which is really trash.

hogmomma

It's the fault of both the goverment and the unions. The unions are not what they used to be. How would you feel if you worked your A** off and the other person you worked with did a 1/4 of what you did and gets the same pay??? POST OFFICE WELFARE CHECK!!! THE UNIONS and PRE FUNDING RETIREMENT have to go!

ContraryOne

Sandpiper

MountainTwerp: So, the Republicans are responsible? I guess you are talking about the health care prefunding manadate of 2006. So, under obamaman and the democrat controlled House and Senate, the Dems undid that, right? No, they didn't. Nor did they pass a single budget while in control of the White House and Congress. So, go peddle the union pap elsewhere. The PO is gone. Goodbye.

mountainterp

Wow, somehow its the Union's fault when right wing nuts seek to destroy government. The USPO is one of the most efficient business operations ever created(built by gubermint).Its demise has been solely a function of Repugnuts. It employs more Vets at a living wage than Walmart will ever do. The loss of these jobs to save 1.3 million dollars, what? How about lets fire one less cruise missle or engage in one less drone attack. ah, but Phil Mickelson might have to pay more taxes. Its time to rid our country of the Rugnut traitors owned by the 1%.

Toomanytaxes

How about cutting the deadwood at the PO and actually hiring people who can do the job?? Several times in the last couple of months, I've had a "final notice" for a package at the PO, but never received any other notices....When bringing this to the attention of the person at the counter at the PO, they just shrugged and acted like they didn't care......Not to mention, the days that the PO claims to have left notices, I was there when the mail came and no attempts were made to delivery the package.....

hogmomma

Over 20 years of service and now to sit and wait to see if there is even a job to go to??? The union backs the "welfare" postal check workers and the ones who work hard and do not need the union to back them don't know where they stand. You know how much money they would save if they got rid of those workers!!! The union needs to GO!!!!

Burgy55

The Martinsburg Post Office should not lay off these people. They can put them on the registers. Maybe then we would be able to go in get service in less then a half hour. I dread going to the post office right now because I know I will be in line half the day.

flyonthewall

"But Im not sorry to see that gubment is finally listening to We The Tax Paying few."

The USPS operated on ratepayers not taxpayers. It wasn't until 2005 when Congress caused all the recent financial issues requiring $5 bil per year to fund future retiree health care for 75 years. Coincidently, USPS was $5 bil in the red last year. Without this requirement, the USPS would have broken even, which it normally did in the past in 3 year cycles.

And once again with the taxpayer issue of "few", it's only tax cuts, added deductions, and tax credits that have added to these rolls of those who don't pay. Remind me again who caused this problem of only a "few" paying. Hint: it's the same as those who caused the USPS to be $5 in the red.